Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected warrior has shot dead Moses Lomuria, the LC 3 chairperson of Longaroe Sub County in Kotido district, a security informer only identified as Lokol, and two unidentified Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers. The four met their death in Narubela trading center in Longaroe Sub County around 3:00 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Over 500 amateur runners have today participated in the Kampala – Jinja 79.76km Relay, organised by the Kampala Hash House Harriers and Absa Bank Uganda. The relay, which kicked off at the Kira Division Headquarters at 6: 30 am this morning, saw over 25 …

In Kenya, small and medium-sized farmers – and even upmarket households – are adopting biodigesters to turn their animal waste into biogas, which they use for cooking fuel and lighting. SPECIAL FEATURE | BIRD AGENCY | Thirty-three-year-old Kelvin Maina Njuguna considers himself a ‘full-time farmer’. He rears cows, pigs, goats, and …

COMMENT | Alfred Geresom Musamali | Uganda should consider selling, leasing or demolishing its National Theatre because the target audience has since the lifting of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown shifted from watching nightly paid small shows at the theatre. Instead, they now wait for annual free mega shows at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Half of the world’s population still does not have adequate access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) which could have prevented at least 1.4 million deaths and 74 million disability-adjusted life years in 2019, this is according to the latest report by …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom has tasked oil companies operating in the region to put in place policies to ensure the conservation, and protection of the environment especially the fight against plastic pollution. Phillip Katahoire, the Kingdom’s Minister for External Relations says that the disposal, …

Washington,  US  | Xinhua | The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that race-conscious admissions policies used by colleges and universities are unconstitutional, in a pair of cases involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Supreme Court stated that the admissions policies of Harvard …

Those who make it to shelters find protection, solace and hope, but a shortage of rehabilitation centers in Uganda thwarts efforts to seek justice Bombo, Uganda | Patricia Lindrio – Global Press Journal Uganda |  Kirabo, 15, plays with her friends at the rehabilitation center where she has lived since November. Before …

Universal Studio Group’s UCP and Nigeria’s Comic Republic recently announced a partnership to create a film and TV series featuring characters from Comic Republic’s Vanguards Universe. We spoke with the team at Comic Republic to gain insight into their journey and future plans. SPECIAL FEATURE | BIRD AGENCY | Growing …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has started operating a computerized tomography (CT) scan, nearly eight months after its installation at the facility. The Health Ministry delivered the machine in November last year but has been idle due to a lack of a specialist radiologist to …